You know, were it not for Steve Coogan, the site you’re reading now may not exist. (Well, there was also that bit about all the print outlets in town botching their websites for years at a time, but that, friends, is a story for another time.) Because after all, it’s Coogan’s portrayal of Tony Wilson in 24 Hour Party People that has always given us hope where none previously existed; the valuable lesson that within down-on-their-luck cities, myriad opportunities exist; and the very worthy notion that contracts written in blood are hard to break, and make you feel kind of high based on the amount of blood one loses while writing them. Coogan is back on the big screen with Hamlet 2, which opens on Friday, and was good enough to sit down with our own Collin Flatt — as well as Nathan Lerner and Jared Miller — recently when he was in town. Part one of our interview is above; watch the trailer for Hamlet 2 here. We’ll run Part 2 later this week, but in the meantime, we also have tickets to give away for an exclusive screening of Hamlet 2 on Thursday night. To enter to win, send an email to ihopeiwin[at]philebrity[dot]com with “KNOWING ME, KNOWING COO” in the subject header. We’ll pick winners on Wednesday. Good luck!

This entry was posted on Monday, August 18th, 2008 at 4:13 pm.